double feature. it sounds like a lot of folks are doing this. have you spoken to folks who are going to do that this weekend? >> absolutely. and a lot of people are making plans to do that, jim, seeing them back-to-back on a given afternoon or evening. but if you do that, you've got to be ready. that's about a six-hour investment of time. >> all right. that's a lot of time. brian todd, thank you very much. we appreciate it. i'm jim acosta in "the situation room." thanks very much for watching. go see a movie this weekend. it's great to see the movies coming back. and "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. have a good night. have a good night. have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com "outfront" next, the data set. trump expected to go to trial in florida during primary season. is it the gop's worst nightmare or not? this as we're learning new details about the georgia investigation and what charge could be coming trump's way. plus, a russian hardliner and former fsb officer under arrest after calling putin a low

life and a cowardly bum as ukraine braces for a fifth night of missile strikes, pounding the same city over and over again. 2024 republican presidential candidate chris christie is "outfront," not holding back about trump's legal problems, tim scott being liked by more republicans than he is and are rfk jr.'s conspiracy theories. good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, trump's many days in court. the judge overseeing the former president's classified documents case now setting a date finally a date for that highly anticipated trial, and that date is may 20, 2024. that of course is not what trump had wanted. his lawyers wanted to postpone that criminal trial. it is possible the trial does get pushed back further. but, for now, here we are with a may 20th date. now add that into the packed court schedule that the former president faces.

october 2nd,250 million civil fraud case begins ew york. and the e. jean carroll trial. march 25th. and may 20th is the start for the classified documents trial in florida. i did not even include a january 6th trial or a trial of the georgia case, both of which, if charged, would be in that window likely as well. we already know trump without that will be spending a lot of time in courtrooms during the primaries and trump would win the nomination before the mar-a-lago case even gets to trial if he wins. back in 2016 he had secured enough delegates to officially become the party's nominee by the end of may. there are even more win or take all situations. >> i think it's a very dangerous thing to even talk about because we do have a tremendously

passionate group of voters. and i mean maybe, you know, maybe a hundred, 150. i've never seen anything like it. much more passion than they had in 2020, and much more passion than they had in 2016. i think it will be very dangerous. >> as usual, what's he saying there? what would be dangerous? are we talking about violence? this comes as other cases against trump are heating up. i mentioned georgia. "the guardian" tonight is reporting that the fulton county. quote, has developed evidence to charge a sprawling racketeering indictment next month. and, of course, the january 6th situation trump has received that target letter in an indictment could be coming within days there. evan perez is "outfront" live in washington on this friday night. and, evan, the may 20th trial date, at least for now, when you

add all this together. and, as i said, you've got four cases already and two that may be coming very soon. trump's going to be spending a lot of time in court during the campaign. >> yeah. and he's expressed interest, erin, in at least one of those trials appearing personally. that's the e. jean carroll case which i believe is set for january. of course, he's said that before, and then doesn't show up. the other complicating thing here is obviously the former president and his team have really made an impression on the judge that he has a campaign to run, he's trying to run for office. he doesn't do a lot of retail campaigning. he doesn't show up at iowa state fairs, let's just say. he does a lot of weekend rallies. but, for now, the judge seems to have bought into this idea that this is a complicated case that there is going to be a lot of legal fighting, a lot of litigation over the classified documents that are at stake here. and she certainly raised that. she points out to that when in

her ruling today saying that there is going to be a lot of issues that the court is going to have to confront dealing with a 38-count indictment. and that is partly why it's very likely that that may date may end up sliding a lot, which is exactly what the former president wants. some of his allies today were saying that they believe they can make that may date go beyond the november election, which is exactly what their strategy has been. >> absolutely. and, of course, just to emphasize right, there's that and the january 6th case also coming in possibly, possibly in georgia, both of which could move more quickly. evan, thank you very much. and let's go now to the former assistant attorney general for the justice department's criminal division. she was jack smith's boss at the doj. she's with me along with the former special counsel at the defense department. and margaret hoover, the host of "firing line."

i appreciate both of you, all of you taking the time, sorry, all three of you taking the time. leslie, let me start with you. when you look at this. and jack smith, obviously, the mar-a-lago case is his. he's got a big decision to make on january 6th. how do you think he perceives this date today coming in at may 20th? he'd obviously wanted it to be much sooner than that in december. how do you think he sees this in his chess board here? >> so, i don't know how he sees it. but how i would see it is it's not a surprise. i think that the government asked for the december date to signal that they were ready and this case could be tried, and the preparation could be done and a case would be tried in that time frame. but i don't think they would be surprised that it slipped into 2024. >> right. and, ryan, not surprised because they knew trump was pushing for it in this case just so everyone can remember because it involves classified documents. you've got to get permissions and clearances for the lawyers.

it's just like an extra layer around the entire thing to peel this particular onion. but, team trump is saying this is a setback for the doj, that they got it even to may, and of course he wants it to be even later than that. but to get may 20th, you've really had all the voting in the primaries. so how big of a setback is this for the doj? >> in emergency room it's of just getting the case to trial and seeing if there will be a conviction, it's a setback but not a huge one. i don't think alarm bells are going off inside the doj that there'd be this reasonable pushback. but i do think they might still be very concerned that may 20th doesn't stick. there are ways in which this could just be moved back. this is about classified information. there's a whole set of procedures. the judge announced a schedule. but one would look at the schedule. there's even a narrow window in which the very last issues that they will litigate can come up before the trial, it's 18 days before the trial. that could be appealed and that would shift the date back and back again. i think that's one concern they might be kind of watching for

right now. >> margaret, obviously, this is the big one for the special counsel. now, we will see if there is a january 6th indictment in these next few days. that trial, presumably, would also be coming up some time between now and then. but you have fulton county as well. you've got all of these things happening. and i put it on -- we already know of four trials that are already scheduled, october 2nd, january 15th, march 25, and may 20th all trials. so, how bad is this for the gop when you layer into it, margaret, a primary calendar that would have, you know, very easily a very clear winner by may 20th? >> that's exactly right. because the republican party has made earlier the entire process. i mean, iowa caucuses are on january 15th. there's actually a big break in march. forget about a super tuesday in march. that's all going to happen in february. and then other states later in april. so, you're right, erin. this could be wrapped up in

terms of the gop nomination. trump could have it all wrapped up by the time the trial were to start if it even did start in may. and that's the main point. if this gets pushed from may to june to july, however far it pushes, we could be in the throes of a nomination, the nominating convention for the party while the canndidate is i court, and potentially even, also, the presidential election, actually, the september and october time frame, given what happens in the next indictment. so, in some ways, this may prevent the republican party from making another choice. there are two chances for the electorate to defeat donald trump. it's first for republicans to defeat him in the primary. second for the general electorate to choose another candidate. and that really bears out in stark contrast if you have a candidate up for the race that is on trial at the time. that is just a very graphic visual for all of us to think

about. >> right. and to imagine how that will look. because it is a visual, as margaret points out. leslie, one of trump's lawyers was asked today about him appearing before the grand jury investigating his efforts to overturn the election, whether he would actually do that in these final hours possibly left. here's what the lawyer said about that, the shot he took at jack smith, let me play it. >> there's no need to appear in front of any grand jury right now. president trump did absolutely nothing wrong. he's done nothing criminal. the bottom line is that the special prosecutor, which is really the biden justice department, is after president trump. and that's the focus. >> and, obviously, you know jack smith, and you know his integrity. do attacks like this have anything, any bearing on his likelihood, the likeliness of him bringing charges in the january 6th probe? >> no, absolutely not. my guess is at this point -- and

the noise is impossible to ignore because it's so loud and it's so constant. but he is not going to be making any decisions based on anything that is coming out of the defendant's camp. so i don't think it will have any effect whatsoever. and, you know, it's standard procedure if you're issuing a target letter to invite the target to tell his side of the story. it rarely happens because most people will not go before the grand jury unless they're granted immunity, which, if they're a target of the investigation, they're unlikely to be granted immunity for obvious reasons. so, i think jack smith will be completely unphased, and his plans will not change at all based on this kind of talk. >> right. and, ryan, i know you've made it clear, he's ready to go, that you think that this will be coming, you know, in the next days. we're not talking weeks in terms of jack smith's decision. what about the fulton county d.a., racketeering indictment, that this is basically packaged and ready to go, but that it would be extremely widespread

and that those charges would come in august? so when does that all come to fruition, and how serious are these charges as you see them reported? >> it's also consistent with earlier cnn reporting that the district attorney was considering racketeering charges. it makes all the sense in the world she hired people that are specialized in it, and she's done it before. i think it means that it's a widespread sprawling indictment in all likelihood sweeping in a number of people. and that if it comes in middle august, i also think it incentivizes some of those people to maybe strike a deal with the feds because then they can get immunity that would apply to the state level as well. it probably means that the private lawyer who's helped trump in georgia to try to overturn the popular vote, if i were them, i'd be very worried by this news. and it seems very credible. >> margaret, i want to replay what trump has said recently about what would happen if he goes behind bars. just to hear sort of the implications therein. here he is.

>> i think it's a very dangerous thing to even talk about, because we do have a tremendously passionate group of voters. and i mean maybe, you know, maybe a hundred, 150. i've never seen anything like it. much more passion than they had in 2020. much more passion than they had in 2016. i think it will be very dangerous. >> so it's dangerous to put him behind bars. he says it more than once, margaret, warning that his supporters have more passion now than they did before. what's he saying? >> um, look, we've seen these veiled threats before and it's not so veiled. that is a threat. he is threatening the peaceful transition of power. he's threatening the justice system. he's threatening a division of our government. and he's threatening peace. he doesn't believe that on his own two feet he can stand a

front, the justice system, and stand trial and receive a fair trial. another example of constantly undermining our democracy and our system of justice. but those are not so veiled threats. we all hear it. and what we really need is more of hearing that and then seeing what our choices are electorally because there are a very good chance we will have a candidate for president of the united states on trial during the next presidential election. >> all right. thank you all very much. i appreciate your perspective. as, of course, we await that charging decision at any time from the special counsel jack smith. and, next, ukraine's president vowing to retaliate as odesa, the major port city of ukraine, is bracing for a fifth night of attacks. all of them happening around this time each night inside russia, meantime, a military hard liner against putin has now been silenced. plus, i'll speak to republican presidential candidate chris christie. why he says trump is pulling a fast one on his donors tonight.

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his country braces for a fifth night of russian missile strikes. we've been bringing you these images every night this week, waves of russian missiles and drones coming down on the vital port city of odesa. the barrage coming like clockwork during this hour monday, tuesday, wednesday, just around 2:00 a.m. in ukraine. russia's latest attack came later just before 4:00 a.m. in ukraine today followed by another during the daytime. alex marquardt has been there throughout the week and he joins me now from kyiv. you were in odesa. sometimes air raid sirens, sometimes not, the tracer, the spotlights as they were trying to find the drones. do you have any indication of what's ahead tonight as of course it is 2:20 a.m. again where you are? >> reporter: yeah, erin, we started this day in odesa. there was nothing in the pre-dawn hour. and then it came very quickly as the sun came up. after four straight days, you can imagine that odesa and the surrounding region and really so much of southern ukraine bracing

for this onslaught to continue. for right now, there isn't any kind of indication that anything's coming. but that changes so quickly. it really does change on a dime. you talked about how this was like clockwork. this really was a pattern, it was remarkable to see for the first three nights right around 2:00 a.m., those tracers going up into the sky, these sophisticated combination attacks of drones and cruise missiles. that pattern was broken today. the attack happened as the sun came up in the early morning hours. seven cruise missiles, so not as intense as the three previous nights, but still hugely destructive as these seven missiles hit what ukrainian officials called an infrastructure site to the southwest of odesa, not the city itself, but still in the region, destroying this facility, destroying equipment, and around 120 tons of food. a local official in the region saying that russia is now using what she called cunning tactics

to try to get through ukrainian air defenses. ukraine has gotten very good at shooting down certain types of missiles. and now russia is using a variety of different types of cruise missiles to get through those air defenses. that is why ukraine has repeatedly been asking western allies for more and more sophisticated air defenses to try to swat these drones and these missiles out of the sky. erin? >> all right, alex, thank you very much live from kyiv tonight. and alex's reporting comes as we're getting new video into "outfront" of a prominent russian military hardliner, also actually a former fsb officer. his name is igor girkin. he's making his first appearance in court. prominent pro-military guy. well, he was arrested and charged with inciting extremist activity just three days after he took on putin directly in a telegram post, in which after all the support he'd given he'd called putin a low life and a

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girkin arrested today, his wife said, after remarks blasting the lack of progress of russia's military campaign in ukraine. >> translator: the situation with the special military operation and in the country in general is deplorable, to put it mildly, he said. this is a result of actions of the incumbent power. girkin is a formal colonel in the fsb and was the defense minister of the so-called people's republic in eastern ukraine when the malaysian jetliner mh-17 was shot down there in 2014. girkin was found guilty of mass murder in absentia by a dutch court for involvement in the incident, which he has never acknowledged. while girkin is considered a war criminal in ukraine, he deems himself a russian ultra nationalist who feels the war should be prosecuted even more brutally. putin's grip on power was only recently challenged by the

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actually going to his legal bills. and trump opponent chris christie tweeting, i quote him, grifting is a trump family tradition and the latest scam is his campaign. this self-proclaimed billionaire is swindling 50% of his campaign donations to pay for his personal legal fees. we don't need a con artist, we need a leader who can beat biden. joining me now is 2024 gop presidential candidate, and of course the former governor of new jersey chris christie. governor, in the spirit of full transparency, i will note you are my husband's second cousin for anyone interested in our family trees. so, let me start off by asking here, off of what you tweeted. do you believe that trump supporters would not give money to his campaign if they knew he was using it for his legal fees? or do you think maybe they're well aware and they're happy with, they want him to use his money to fight his legal battles? >> well, i don't think they're well aware, erin, because he's lied to them, as typical for donald trump.

first, he said 1% of the money they gave would go towards his legal fees. i think most people would say, okay, that's fine. then he said 10% of the money is going towards his legal fees. well, here's my problem when it gets to 50% of the money. you really need this billionaire, a guy who says, according to a recent "new york times" story that he's made a billion dollars since he left the white house. i don't know if that's true or not, but that's what he says. you really need to have people who are donating 10, 20, $50 to your campaign, pay for your high-priced lawyers for indictments that you all brought on yourself by paying on of a porn star, by holding back classified documents despite the fact that it'd been asked for voluntarily for 18 months? i mean, this is ridiculous. he is using these people in a way that i don't think that they completely know about. set up a legal defense fund, donald. if people want to give to that,

they will. but people are giving to him because they think it's going to help him get re-elected president when all he's doing is grifting off these people. he is a con artist who is conning them out of their money, pretending he wants to be their president. when what he wants is a free ride for the legal defense he's getting for the criminal charges he personally faces. >> now, we found out on one of these cases. you mentioned the mar-a-lago classified documents case, governor. and aileen cannon, the judge there, ruled today that that case will begin on may 20th. now, may 20th, by then, most of the gop primaries will be over. by the way in, 2016, trump had clinched the gop nomination by may. so, may is late in the election cycle. what do you think about the timing? >> well, look, i can't make a judgment on what the judge is seeing, what's going to take time to be able to do this case the right way. as you know, erin, i was a u.s. attorney for seven years, a federal prosecutor. and classified documents cases

will take a long time to get ready. so i'm not going to argue with what the judge did. but who cares. we don't need, as republicans, to know necessarily what even the result is. what we know is if donald trump winds up clinching the nomination by may of 2024, then our candidate for president and our party will be sitting in a courtroom in florida for weeks being accused of crimes that could expose him to 30 years in prison. i mean, do you really think that's the person who's going to beat joe biden? republicans need to wake up to the fact that donald trump's in this for himself. he always has been. and now with this trial date, the right thing to do would be to step aside. he won't do that. so, you know what, erin, i'm going to push him aside. >> i spoke to the former republican congressman fred upton the other way. he told us he's contributed to your campaign. but then, governor, he went on to tell me this. >> trump is using this to raise

more money. he's stronger than ever before. he's got all the wind out of the balloon from any of the other dozen or so candidates that are out there. they can't get a breakthrough. and it's really sort of over in terms of his winning the republican nomination. >> he says it's over. what do you say to that? >> well, first of all, i appreciate fred donating to my campaign even after he says it's over. that's really very nice of him. but what i would tell you is i think fred, respectfully, is wrong. erin, we've been in this race for six weeks. we have gone from zero to 10% in new hampshire, a half of point behind ron desantis. we're in third place, desantis in second. we have just got going here in telling the truth to the american people. and the american people need to hear the truth that donald trump is not fit to be president of the united states or fit to be the nominee of the republican party. and he's done it to himself. and he's let us down. he didn't repeal and replace

obamacare. he built 52 miles of wall in four years. erin, he said he was going to build the whole wall and mexico was going to pay for it. if he goes at that pace in the next term, he'll need 110 years as president to build the whole wall. >> you mentioned ron desantis when you were comparing your numbers in new hampshire. today he says he's pushing for legal action against bud light's parent company. obviously, this is in the wake of the conservative backlash to bud light using a transgender influencer in their act. desantis writes, governor, the company breached legal duties owed to its shareholders when it decided to associate with what he calls radical social ideologies. do you agree with him? >> i don't for this reason. governor desantis is showing himself every day -- and i think this is why his campaign is falling apart -- he's showing himself every day to be a big government republican. i didn't think there were any big government republicans

around. but apparently there is. he thinks government is the solution to every problem. let me clue governor desantis in on something. you know, the bud light situation was dealt with by the consumers. they didn't need government to tell them what was right or wrong or good or bad or what they liked or didn't like. they didn't need government action to do it. the american people decided they didn't like bud light's advertising campaign on social media so they stopped buying bud light. and that's the way to do this. i swear i watch governor desantis sometimes, i really think he's a big government liberal. because i always grew up knowing that liberals were the ones who wanted to get the government in the middle of every argument because they thought government could resolve them better. i put my trust in the american people and their ability to be able to send messages when they want to. and i think bud light has gotten a very strong message from the american people, given all the bud light i see on shelves at

jersey shore at the liquor store. >> you're going to be hosting a town hall as soon as we're done talking, but it comes to favorability overall. people who know senator scott like him. 46% of a favorable view. your numbers on that front are the same exact poliquin piack, are 15%. do you see senator scott as a formidable senator? >> of course tim scott's a for mid-al competitor. he's a good, decent, honest person, and that he has put forward a lot of really valuable public service for the american people, and for the people of south carolina both in the house of representatives and the senate. so, i make no mystery about the fact that i like tim scott and i think he is a formidable candidate. i think i'm a better one. and now the republican party

voters are going to decide that. and in july of the year before the election, remember something, erin. in july of 2015, jeb bush was the runaway frontrunner. and scott walker was number two. so we got a lot of work to do here. but i'm in tim scott's state. i'm a fan of tim's. i like him a great deal. and i don't have anything bad to say about tim scott. we disagree on some things. but just as republicans should, not the way donald trump does it by mocking, making fun of, and degrading it. i'll tell you one thing, neither me or tim scott has ever said. we never said it would be okay to suspend the constitution of the united states. donald trump has. and the oath of the presidency is to preserve, protect, and defend, not suspend. and that, quite frankly, disqualifies him. >> one question here i want to ask you about rfk jr. he was on capitol hill yesterday, governor, as a guest of republicans, testifying at a

hearing that they called about governor sponsorship. he denied saying things that he actually has said many times. here's one example, governor. >> i've never been any vaccine. everybody in this room probably believes that i have been because that's the prevailing narrative. i have never told the public, avoid vaccination. >> i see somebody on a hiking trail carrying a little baby. and i say to them don't get them vaccinated. >> that's just one example. and he previously said at a fundraiser actually. and i quote him, covid-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people. ashkenazi jews and the chinese are most at risk. >> i'm under oath in my entire life i have never uttered a phrase that was either racist or anti-semitic. >> governor, the gop gave him a big platform yesterday.

and it helped him significantly. a pac backing him says they raised $5 million during the hearing yesterday, 5 million bucks just flowing in as he was saying those things. are you disappointed that republicans in congress gave kennedy that platform? >> look, i'm more disappointed, erin, in robert kennedy, for saying the things that he's saying. i think it's very, very disappointing. and i think it's, quite frankly, diminishes the great legacy that his uncle and his father left for this country of public service. and so i'm focused on robert kennedy and his comments, which i think were divisive. but i think what it also tells you, erin, is why debates are so important and should happen both on the democratic side and the republican side in a robust way with everybody there. because then people can confront folks on that, you know, flip-flopping that he was just doing, and confront them

directly about it. that's why i urge everybody to go to chris christie.com. donate to me to make sure that i'll continue to be on the stage all the way through and we can have these kinds of debates with donald trump. i'm disappointed in what robert kennedy says. he should get debated and called out on these things. >> governor christie, i appreciate your time, thank you very much. >> thank you, erin, for having me on. all right. and, next, belts, knives, scissors. investigators just revealing a new list of potential trophies the suspected gilgo beach serial killer may have taken after murdering his victims. plus, the mystery deepening after china's top diplomat vanishes without a trace. the u.s. official now telling "the washington post" the missing foreign minister had many enemies in the communist party. so what happened to him? this is a special report that you will see first "outfront." distort things. tn

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this comes one day after investigators told us they believe that heuermann likely committed some of the murders at his home. >> the guy was odd and strange, but never violent. >> reporter: neighbors of suspected serial killer rex heuermann speaking out about his past behavior. one telling news nation heuermann dug holes in his backyard. another saying they remain friendly after a confrontation 28 years ago when heuermann would look over the fence and try to talk to his wife while she was sun bathing. >> it happened so many times that finally i pulled him over, and we had a talk. >> reporter: residents in this long island suburb still in shock. >> for something like this to happen and right under our nose. >> reporter: as authorities continue to collect and investigate potential evidence, they are now trying to determine if the alleged serial killer may have committed the murders of

melissa barthelemy, megan waterman, and amber costello right in his own home. investigators are combing through heuermann's home, searching for clues including personal effects linked to the victims. >> every piece of evidence that could be gathered, whether it's from the storage containers or from his home could be valuable not only to the charges he's currently being charged with, but more importantly if we can connect him to other murders. >> reporter: but it is the forensic evidence from possible victims that will establish the home as the primary crime scene. documents show authorities believe they already have circumstantial evidence that points to the long island home where victims may have been murdered. in 2022, a comprehensive investigation revealed for the first time heuermann used burner phones to arrange dates with the victims. documents state, before each victim went missing, tringilation of cell phone tower data show the burner phones and the victims' phones traveled to

mass pekka, long island, at about the same time as heuermann where his family home was located. they were never seen again. heuermann was charged in the murder of the three women. he has pleaded not guilty. legal documents also reveal heuermann's wife was out of town each and every time the three victims were last seen. on thursday, heuermann's wife filing for divorce from her husband of more than 27 years. her attorney telling cnn in a statement, the sensitive nature of her husband's arrest is taking an emotional toll on the immediate and extended family, especially their elderly family members. authorities also expanding the investigation as well as looking to see if heuermann is connected to unsolved homicide cases in nevada, south carolina, and new jersey. and crime scene processing of that family home will continue this weekend. you know, erin, this is one of the longest crime scene

processings of a home i've ever seen. they're looking to see if the murders were committed in the home. they have got to find forensics that show that those women, those young women were in that home. and this all happened in 2009, 2010. >> right. and of course there are all the others they're still looking into to see if they can charge him with more in new york and other states, as jean's reporting shows. thank you so much. next, he became a member of xi jinping's inner circle after his wife reportedly made mooncakes for the chinese leader family. but now he's missing. what happened? a special report, next "outfront." and we'll remember the true music legend tony bennett, the king of duets. ♪ or the... romantic getaways? with 2 24 trusted brands by wyndham to choose from... your wyndham is waiting. get the lowest price at wyndhamhotels.com

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around the world. u.s. official telling washington congressman, robin, it could be a subject of political infighting. tim has a large amount of enemies into the government pretty was marginally counted person who was through being close and catapulted up. and that, and i continued the quote here, virginia's wife gave his wife homemade moon cakes. through one entrance to sees the inner social circle. will ripley is out front. >> they have every right to defend sovereignty and integrity per. >> is china's ambassador to the u.s., tim gong was combative and controversial. >> we are fully justified to do what we must. >> polarizing, persuasive, performing under pressure. a patriotic poster child of china's will for your diplomacy. for assertive new era and she's in pain. china's powerful president promoted his loyal aid to foreign minister last december. a meteoric rise making chain china's second most powerful

diplomat. starting around the world. welcoming allies and adversaries to beijing. just last month, u.s. secretary of state, anthony lincoln and his last known meaning on the 25th with russia's deputy foreign minister. since then ããis been missing for more than three weeks. absent from high-profile visits by top u.s. officials. janet yellen, john kerry, and most recently, former u.s. secretary of state.henry kissinger. >> [indiscernible] >> it's very rare for senior chinese diplomat to have gone missing more than 20 days ago. in my memory, that has never happened before. >> china saying that he was unable to attend meetings due to health reasons. even that ããofficial expeditions later deleted from the chinese foreign ministry website. the ministry often leaves out contacted deemed sensitive for its transcripts. chains disappearance was also

not mentioned in china's state-controlled media. fueling intense speculation online. on chinese social media, one way values are asked we cannot guess what happened to him. others say is this how our wolf warriors end up? china's diplomacy is on a busy schedule these days. driven by a stream of high-level exchanges between beijing and washington. >> [indiscernible] >> the fact that the chinese foreign minister has disappeared in this particular time has created a lot of attention. and discussions. >> discussions fueled by china's authoritarian system. a one-party state. focused on she's in pain. china's most powerful leader in decades. few outsiders know what is on his mind. lack of transparency igniting discussions about the missing foreign minister. and what his future might hold. >> it's great to have you. >> aaron, it seems literally

nobody is safe in cheese and pains china. a china that has disappeared a-list movie stars basically, wipe them off of existence on the internet and television because they did something that ran afoul with the government. you have so much and some the questions around what could've happened to the second most powerful diplomat in this massive country. who has s...just vanished still trying to figure out what happened. >> anchor: that's amazing. happened. >> anchor: that's amazing. thank you . anand next, we will remember th legendary vicegrammy winner, to bennett. [music] tens ab >> reinventing our network. >> refficient our network. rats. >>th so you can deliver more tranvalue to your customers. >>ast, reliable, perfectly orchestrated. wellonththe united states posta service. ending m>> tens of thousands of service. ending m>> tens of thousands of customers wrote being smooth in the five-star reviews. including terry. [announcer] finance your next car with carvana today.

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